I'm interested to know how stage 2 vs stage 1 feels with the automatic in regular driving. I know when I put my downpipe on, the faster response and faster spool were noticeable. That's with JB1.
My hope is that the Stage2 APR would be even better.
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1.8T APR Stage II with APR Downpipe Dyno Results
- Thread starter Nyulak
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I'm interested to know how stage 2 vs stage 1 feels with the automatic in regular driving. I know when I put my downpipe on, the faster response and faster spool were noticeable. That's with JB1.
My hope is that the Stage2 APR would be even better.
MAPerformance1
MAPerformance
- Location
- Minnesota
- Car(s)
- MK7 GTI Sport
I hear ya...Just don't know if $700+ would be worth it. OP said he couldn't feel a big difference from Stage 1 to Stage 2...
I'm interested to know how stage 2 vs stage 1 feels with the automatic in regular driving. I know when I put my downpipe on, the faster response and faster spool were noticeable. That's with JB1.
My hope is that the Stage2 APR would be even better.
Nyulak
Ready to race!
- Location
- SheffVill, OH
Going from stock to Stage 1 was a big bump. Not so much for stage 2, but that could also be due to traction. Not like it was hard to roast the tire on a first gear launch stock. It felt quicker, but just don't expect the same improvement as going to stage 1 from no tune.
TwinDad
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Fort Lee, NJ
He had a 2.4xx 60' time. I don't think drag radials were part of that. If they were, he wasn't taking advantage of them. Also, I wouldn't give the stick that much credit. Yes it will allow for a potentially quicker off the line, no one is shifting that fast with a stick. I don't Cathie good of a driver they are. Too bad there is not a tiptronic tune out yet. Then it would be a whol different story. Also, Per APR, 0-100mph are 13.45 fo stage 1 and 12.17! For stage 2. That is a fast as hell 0-100. Especially for a front wheel drive. If you're happy with stage 1, then your happy, no worries.
There is no tune. But the tiptronic does very well in manual mode. I just wish that there was a setting in between sport and D for daily driving. A good a 'set it and forget it' mode. Take off and shift like sport, but settle down and cruise like D. And don't try to hold lower gear as long as D does. I hate that D waits till the car bucks before it shifts down. Is it really worth the extra .05 mpg EPA rating?
TwinDad
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Fort Lee, NJ
It would be nice if there was a way to firm up the shifts and change the rpm it shifts at though. Even in sport. I feel like it revs too far out of the power band. Should probably shift between 5-5,500 at most. Mine goes well past 6,000 in sport mode. I feel like it's falling off pretty good at that point. Dyno charts show the same thing